November 18, 2024

Sunrise — 6:31, 6:37, 6:46, 6:51.

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39 comments:

Kay said...

One thing about growing up incredibly poor but adjusting to a middle class culture is that everyone ages faster if you’re poor and just the stage in life my life long friends are at compared to my newer friends kinds of freaks me out. It also has disillusioned me from this whole idea that income is about maturity and that as you get richer the more mature you’ll get and vice versa.

BUMBLE BEE said...

Photo #4 is Ichabod Crane material! Outstanding composition.

BUMBLE BEE said...

Gratitude is a path to maturity.

Clyde said...

Funniest story of the day:

Fired Democrats Blast DNC After Surprise Layoffs, Raising Questions About Harris Campaign Spending

“This scale of the layoffs is shocking people who have been here for a decade. People are blindsided by this…I’ve completely lost faith in the Democratic Party and I’m still working for them,” a current staffer told the outlet.

Just a little bit later than the rest of the country, as November 5th's results show! Career DNC people laid off, one day's notice, no severance. It's almost like Democrats are heartless, bad people.

Big Mike said...

Over at Matt Taibbi’s substack I learned that there is an effort to derail Dr. Bhattacharya’s nomination using words like “fringe” and “contrarian” to describe his views regarding the medical community’s response to COVID-19. Those might be applicable terms when contrasted with what was then the consensus, but the best description of Dr. Bhattacharya’s views, based on what we’ve learned since 2020, is “scientifically correct.”

Big Mike said...

Doesn’t show much respect for the people who do the actual work, does it?

Mason G said...

"Doesn’t show much respect for the people who do the actual work, does it?"

Well- they *are* Democrats, so...

Don B. said...

It will be hugely entertaining if Trump's intel and DOJ picks are set loose with hammer and tongs to uncover the perfidy of their predecessors.

Clyde said...

Watching Monday Night Football, where the poor Cowboys are going to get shellacked, and the Houston Texans have some guy named To'o-To'o on defense. Brought to mind this song from the '80s. I'm not sure if this is the same woman I remember singing it back in the day, but it will do in 2024.

My Toot-Toot

Clyde said...

And really, who the hell made this schedule? Dallas has a Monday night game this week, plays the Redskins next week (or Commanders, whatever) and then a Thanksgiving Day game. Three games in ten days? Seriously, WTF!

Mason G said...

"Uncover"? A blind man could wander around and bump into more than enough to keep busy for years.

Gospace said...

Being correct when everyone else is wrong - and insisting on it before the proof comes in - is not healthy for a career. In any field. People above you hate to be proven wrong. Dr. Bhattacharya is getting a rare chance to get even. As are a lot of other people Trump has appointed. I know of 51 intelligence officials I'd like to see bankrupted and in jail.

Christopher B said...

Well, the Cowboys can thank The Simpsons tie-in for today's MNF game for not being flexed out of the slot.

And my Vikings played the Lions at home on Oct 20, at LA on Oct 24, and then the Colts at home on Nov 3 (at least they did those three coming off a bye week) With only one bye week in a 17 game schedule there isn't a lot of flexibility.

Eva Marie said...

@Peachy: it’s too bad those long names caused a problem because they were hilarious. This blog plus all the comments kept me in good spirits throughout the election season.Thank you one and all.

Eva Marie said...

It seems to be a good idea that Trump is releasing all his appointments now. Because every single one of them is being criticized. After a while you just discount all the objections.The criticisms look like they have less to do with any individual nominee and just general obstruction which plays right into the Trump narrative.

Clyde said...

Actually, Christopher B, that article is about the December 9th MNF game that the Cowboys will be playing against the Bengals, which is likely to be a stinkeroo. And that Vikings stretch was over 11 days rather than 10, which is bad enough, but there's no reason to schedule Monday-Sunday-Thursday. That's just sadistic.

Big Mike said...
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Big Mike said...

@Mason G., having worked on many campaigns back in the day, the work feels that much harder when you sense that your candidate is not doing well. I know they probably hate me for being a Trump supporter since he won the nomination back in 2016, and I should return that hatred, but in the course of my career I have worked for heartless bosses so I have some sympathy for them, too.

Mason G said...

"Because every single one of them is being criticized."

Posted by the "U.S. Senate Democrats" Facebook account, Feb. 11, 2021:

"The American people elected President Biden to get things done.
He deserves his team in place, and we are working to confirm his Cabinet without delay."

Dixcus said...

Trump should announce Guantanamo arrests on Day One.

Mason G said...

Big Mike, the "they" I referred to are the people in charge, not the workers.

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

Red Skies (1982) - The Fixx

robother said...

My brother pointed out to me that there are probably huge garbage trucks backing up to the Hoover Building around the clock to deal with all the shredder detritus and wiped computers and cell phones.

robother said...

What you get for (once) being "America's Team."

robother said...

What's that old WWII saying, "you know you're over the target when the flak intensifies."

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

The Sweater Song band, Weezer released a cover Tom Petty's Here Comes My Girl.

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

Erick Erickson went to town on Gets and RFK Jr today.

Apparently Gets is a real major-league big-time A hole.

RFK Jr is not pro-life. Who the fuck cares? Roe is dead. wtf?

Clyde said...

Weezer's 2019 Teal Album had a great collection of cover songs.

robother said...

Shuntaro Tanikawa died today. In memory:

"When I am sad I can't write a sad poem.
All I can do is endure my tears.
When I'm happy I don't write a happy poem.
I amuse myself doing other things.

When I write a poem my heart is as calm
as a mountain lake far away from human habitation.
With its feelings of joy, anger, sorrow and pleasure laid sunken on its bed,
it is quietly spreading its ripples.

Believing in 'the true and the good' lurking in 'the beautiful',
I place words hesitantly.
If you are kind enough to read them,
your heart will change the host of typed words into 'poetry'."

cb said...

@ robother: Why did Biden’s DOD order an industrial shredder the day Trump won the election? https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4278959/posts

Original Mike said...

"COWBOYS NOW BOMBING EVEN BEFORE GAMES BEGIN! Metal fragment falls from AT&T Stadium roof after opening before Texans-Cowboys game."

Clyde said...

"The guilty fleeth when no man pursueth." Especially when they know pursuit is just ten weeks away.

Caroline said...

Each of the sunrise shots is more glorious than the next. God’s re-creation of the first day, as the song goes.

Peachy said...

Ah - thanks. I miss my long names, too.

TickTock said...

Praise with elation
Praise every morning
God's re-creation
Of the new day

Peachy said...

The water in the top 2 photos is very nice.

WK said...

Haven’t seen much news about Kamala lately. She still around?

Ampersand said...

Kamala isn't around because she was never anything more than a blurry cloud of leftist wish fulfillment. The cloud has blown away. The next cloud will be more cleverly designed.

Jerry said...

Ampersand: Not sure who'll be designing it. Pelosi's done, Obama's maybe pulling the strings in the background but this last election cut a lot of them. Clintons? He likely doesn't GAF, and her Highness lost all her influence when she lost to Trump. The upper echelons of the DNC are remarkably lacking in folks who 'normal' people would find appealing. Newsom out in CA may be tried, but it's really hard to look at California and see a success story waiting to be emulated to the rest of the country. Whitmer's got a good bit of 'favorable' press, but her record's such I don't think she could win her state.

I dunno. I look at what they've got and think that anyone who was actually talented enough to want to run in '28 will likely skip that one and wait until '32 to let the Biden stink dissipate and let people forget Harris...